src/java/org/apache/commons/configuration/StrictConfigurationComparator.java

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package org.apache.commons.configuration;

import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * Strict comparator for configurations.
 *
 * @since 1.0
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:herve.quiroz@esil.univ-mrs.fr">Herve Quiroz</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:shapira@mpi.com">Yoav Shapira</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.3 $, $Date: 2004/06/22 09:56:38 $
 */
public class StrictConfigurationComparator implements ConfigurationComparator
{
    /**
     * Create a new strict comparator.
     */
    public StrictConfigurationComparator()
    {
    }

    /**
     * Compare two configuration objects.
     *
     * @param a the first configuration
     * @param b the second configuration
     * @return true if keys from a are found in b and keys from b are
     *         found in a and for each key in a, the corresponding value
     *         is the sale in for the same key in b
     */
    public boolean compare(Configuration a, Configuration b)
    {
        if (a == null && b == null)
        {
            return true;
        }
        else if (a == null || b == null)
        {
            return false;
        }

        for (Iterator keys = a.getKeys(); keys.hasNext();)
        {
            String key = (String) keys.next();
            Object value = a.getProperty(key);
            if (!value.equals(b.getProperty(key)))
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        for (Iterator keys = b.getKeys(); keys.hasNext();)
        {
            String key = (String) keys.next();
            Object value = b.getProperty(key);
            if (!value.equals(a.getProperty(key)))
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        return true;
    }
}